Gambyong Dance

Dancing seems Gambyong are based on the name of a street dancer (tledhek) called the Gambyong who lived at the time of Sinuhun Paku Buwono IV in Surakarta (1788-1820). Her dancers is known as a beautiful and graceful dances that have beautiful enough. Not surprisingly, he was famous in the entire terciptalah name and Surakarta Dance Gambyong.

Dance is a kind of dance in the community association. Dance performance characteristics Gambyong, before the start always opens with gendhing pickaxe. Tariannya look beautiful and elegant when the dancer is able to coordinate movement with rhythm kendang. For, kendang the normal muscle is called the dance and gendhing.

At the time of Surakarta, instrument suite is equipped with a street dance and Bonang gong. Gamelan used usually include gender, gender successor, kendang, kenong, kempul, and gong. All instruments are brought to any dipikul way.

Commonly known among penabuh instruments Gambyong dance, play kendang not something that is easy. Identic Pengendang should be able to dance with the flexibility and able to harmonize with the rhythm gendhing. So not surprisingly, often a dancer Gambyong can not be separated by pengendang that always follows. As well as vice versa, which has a pengendang know-track attitude Gambyong of the dancers will be easy to harmonize.